I would expect that. if new code made the hold action unnecessary, the superseding PTF would note that.
On Thu, Jun 1, 2023 at 7:42 AM Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> wrote: > While it is probable that the hold should be present on the superseding > PTF, it has happened that new code makes the hold unnecessary. If it is > still necessary and IBM did not propagate it, things will break. > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf > of Allan Staller [[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, June 1, 2023 8:34 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: HOLD Action of a superseded PTF > > Classification: Confidential > > If the PTF has been superseded, that means all of the code in the prior > PTF has been included. In the superseding. Therefore, the action is still > applicable. > IBM has been incredibly consistent in maintain this relationship. > > HTH, > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf > Of Radoslaw Skorupka > Sent: Thursday, June 1, 2023 7:26 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: HOLD Action of a superseded PTF > > [CAUTION: This Email is from outside the Organization. Unless you trust > the sender, Don’t click links or open attachments as it may be a Phishing > email, which can steal your Information and compromise your Computer.] > > As far as I understand the question is: > some PTF has ACTION, but it was superseded by newer PTF which does NOT > have the ACTION. > Is it possible? IMHO yes. > Should you perform the ACTION? IMHO no. No, because it is possible someone > received newer PTF, but not superseded one. In that case he would see only > HOLDSYS assigned to the newer PTF. Which means the ACTION is not needed, > otherwise it would be also assigned to the newer PTF as well. > > My €0.02 > > -- > Radoslaw Skorupka > Lodz, Poland > > > > W dniu 01.06.2023 o 14:13, Allan Staller pisze: > > Classification: Confidential > > > > Short version. Yes. Many times the same action hoid will be repeated > multiple times for each ptf in that particular "chain". > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On > > Behalf Of Munif Sadek > > Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2023 8:58 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: HOLD Action of a superseded PTF > > > > [CAUTION: This Email is from outside the Organization. Unless you > > trust the sender, Don’t click links or open attachments as it may be a > > Phishing email, which can steal your Information and compromise your > > Computer.] > > > > My SMP APPLY CHECK has multi pages of ++ HOLDSYS ACTION items but APPLY > only a couple. > > > > Do I have to take HOLDSYS Action of the Superseded PTFs as reported in > the APPLY CHECK SMP Report but not listed in the APPLY JOB SMP report? > > > > regards > > Munif. > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ::DISCLAIMER:: > ________________________________ > The contents of this e-mail and any attachment(s) are confidential and > intended for the named recipient(s) only. E-mail transmission is not > guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, > corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or may contain > viruses in transmission. The e mail and its contents (with or without > referred errors) shall therefore not attach any liability on the originator > or HCL or its affiliates. Views or opinions, if any, presented in this > email are solely those of the author and may not necessarily reflect the > views or opinions of HCL or its affiliates. Any form of reproduction, > dissemination, copying, disclosure, modification, distribution and / or > publication of this message without the prior written consent of authorized > representative of HCL is strictly prohibited. If you have received this > email in error please delete it and notify the sender immediately. Before > opening any email and/or attachments, please check them for viruses and > other defects. > ________________________________ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Jay Maynard ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
